“Racy ukulele website ad sparks complaint“. ukulelesongs.com got in hot water for having a ‘Date hot girls in your area’ type ad on the site which lead to a page with a girl holding a sign saying, “I love Auckland guys that play the ukulele.” . Maybe I should have ads on this site. That sounds like exactly the sort of trouble I want to get into.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have re-released two old long players Hearts of Oak (1989) and Pluck (1997). It’s fascinating just listening to the previews. By Pluck they’ve hit on the formula that’s made them huge. But Hearts of Oak is entirely different.

Charlie Connelly talks ukuleles with the Radio Times. “My girlfriend once told me she can always tell when I’m thinking because I start playing the ukulele. She thought for a moment, then added that I don’t play the ukulele much.”

I’ve only ever had one heckler, he started talking to me as I was tuning and just went on and on and on. I said I’d talk to him afterwards, and started playing, but every time I stopped mid-song to sing unaccompanied, he’d start talking again, right next to me.

So off-putting, but I just tried to ignore him and carry on. He got daggers from everyone else in the room and was asked to leave shortly afterwards. Can’t say I really know how to deal with them, so just pretend they don’t exist.